Joe Green (baseball, born 1878) explained

Joe Green
Position:Outfielder
Birth Date:26 July 1878
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, US
Death Place:Chicago, Illinois, US
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:Independent Negro league
Debutteam:Chicago Columbia Giants
Finalleague:Negro National League
Finalteam:Chicago Giants
Teams:As Player

As Manager

Charles Albert "Joe" Green (July 26, 1878 – September 18, 1962) was an American baseball outfielder and manager in the pre-Negro leagues and the beginning of the Negro National League.

Green began his baseball career with the Chicago Clippers in 1900.[5]

In 1903, he played for the Columbia Giants, then the Chicago Union Giants, the Leland Giants, then spent most of the rest of his playing career for the Chicago Giants where he also managed the team. He took over the team after Frank Leland died on November 14, 1914.[6]

Later in his life, Green put his own name on the team, calling them "Joe Green's Chicago Giants," a team typically made up of popular ex-players of the Negro leagues and pre-Negro leagues.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdZEI3RFkyYVhMNHM "Giants Beat the Locals" Waterloo Daily Courier, Waterloo, IA, Saturday Evening, August 15, 1903, Page 1, Column 3
  2. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdeVAyM2hiMDctVlE "Lelands Beat All-Stars" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, IN, September 25, 1909, Page 7, Column 4
  3. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdcnh1dUwxelpMUUE "Chicago Giants Will Raise Flag Sunday" Chicago Broad Ax, Chicago, IL, May 14, 1910, Page 2, Columns 4 and 5
  4. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdd3VnYXdpcVZ4bGc "Duffy Florals Meet Chicago Giants Sunday" Southtown Economist, Chicago, IL, Tuesday, May 20, 1930, Page 9, Column 2
  5. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdOGxTTXJvRVNWRmc "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910
  6. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1Wcncq5-bHdam1ldHRVc2x6MjQ "Certificate and Record of Death of Frank Leland" Chicago Department of Health, Chicago, IL, November 14, 1914